An experimental program improved students' self-concept and broke their failure cycle. Ss were 19 second through fifth grade students who were distractable and had various individual learning and/or behavior problems. For 1 year, they left their regular classrooms to spend 2 hours daily with a special education teacher. Individually designed…

The broader question regarding the issue of runaways as a social problem requires incidence figures to estimate the extent of this problem. This paper examines how differing definitions used to describe running away can produce varying estimates of incidence. Due to these variations, levels of incidence range from a low of .0011% to a high of…

Forty-seven third grade boys with conduct problems were administered a battery of tests to determine how many had reading problems and central processing dysfunctions and the correlations between their reading performance and 1) central information processing abilities, 2) race, 3) social class, and 4) maternal employment. (Author/DB)

Rational-emotive counseling (REC) aims at changing beliefs or philosophies that lead to negative emotions and inappropriate behavior. It gives people responsibility for creating their existence. REC maintains it is not the "facts" that influence our behaviors and feelings but our interpretation of these "facts". Use of this approach with…

An epidemiological study of 205 children (3-4 years old) showed there to be a marked association between behavior problems and language delay. (Author)

This article describes two methods for breaking out of therapeutic impasses. One way is to be absurd, to push the situation to its ridiculous limit. The second is acting-in. Acting-in is the effort of the psychotherapist to intensify the anxiety to bring about an experiential breakthrough. (Author/JEL)

It is concluded that the systematic desensitization studies, the masturbatory training approaches, and the Reproductive Biology Research Foundation series are all effective treatment procedures, employing graduated exposure to sexual stimuli plus some form of directive psychotherapy emphasizing interpersonal skills acquisition. These may be the…

As part of a continuing study of the differences between couples seeking marital therapy and those seeking sexual dysfunction therapy, this report examines these two clinical populations on the dimension of discrepant views of the marriage. Results suggest overall discrepancy scores may be an important indicator of stress between partners. (Author)

Children identifies as pre-delinquent often show early signs of aggression, may be involved in theft, often have learning problems, and act out in the classroom. The author shares several ideas for treatment strategies which have been found to be effective in a variety of treatment situations. (Author/DOW)

Describes a system for dealing effectively with middle school students' learning and behavior problems through a team approach. (Author/DS)

Discusses a treatment-oriented foster care project, including its evaluation design, in which parent-counselor families were matched with children with emotional or behavioral problems. Specific treatment goals were determined for the children and their natural families, and treatment plans were designed. (BR)

The author recounts his experience in dealing with a child of normal intelligence but an unusually short attention span and physical restlessness. (JD)

This article outlines an inservice program for regular teachers dealing with learning disabled students, with emphasis upon identification of problems and ways of dealing with them. (JD)